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Secure | https://www.mathxl.com/Student/PlayerHomework.aspx?homeworkld-443210954&questionld-10;&flust; ess MATH M118 TR 12:00-1:15 (Section 21203) Homework: HW #42 Score: 0 of 1 pt 13 of 13 (11 complete) Instructor-created question An unfair coin with Pr[H) 0.75 is flipped. If the flip results in a head, a student is selected at random from a class of twelve boys and sixteen girls. Otherwise, a student from a different class containing seven boys and six girls is selected What is the probability of selecting a girl, given the flip resulted in heads? Enter your answer in the answer box and then click Check Answer

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Solution:- The probability of selecting a girl, given that the flip resulted in heads is 0.5714

Since flip resulted in head, so we have to select the student from 12 boys and 16 girls

The probability of selecting a girl, given that the flip resulted in heads = 16/28

The probability of selecting a girl, given that the flip resulted in heads = 16/28 = 0.5714

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